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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Feb 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Biomech. 2016 Jan 14;49(4):550–557. doi: 10.1016/j.jbiomech.2016.01.007

Fig. 7.

Fig. 7

Compression stress-relaxation finite element results taken from the time step of maximum disc compression comparing the fiber-reinforced CEP model to the fiber-less model. AF and NP denote which disc sub-tissue is adjacent to the CEP with lines denoting tissue boundaries. Fibers significantly affect axial (A) and shear (B) deformations. Reduced CEP deformation allows for enhanced fluid flow (C). Fiber-reinforcement minimally affects global disc reaction force (D). CEP: cartilage endplate, AAF: anterior inner annulus fibrosus, PAF: posterior inner annulus fibrosus, NP: nucleus pulposus